Overall Green alert Tropical Cyclone for KENNETH-17
Off-shore

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone KENNETH-17 can have a low humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000388
Name KENNETH-17
From - To 18 Aug - 23 Aug
Exposed countries Off-shore
Exposed population No people in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge
Vulnerability --

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 65 km/h 0 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 178 km/h 0.2 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 83 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 0.5
ECMWF n.a 0.7 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 102 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Post-Tropical Cyclone Kenneth Spinning DownFri, 25 Aug 2017 21:09:00 +0200.

Former Tropical Storm Kenneth continues to maintain gale-force winds but appears to be devoid of any strong thunderstorms in satellite imagery. At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 UTC) on Aug. 23 the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the final advisor
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Tropical Storm Kenneth Battered by Wind Shear on Satellite ImageryWed, 23 Aug 2017 22:12:00 +0200.

Satellite imagery revealed that wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures have taken their toll on the once hurricane Kenneth. Kenneth has now weakened to a tropical storm and continues to be torn apart as seen in imagery from NOAA's G
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NASA Finds Wind Shear Weakening Hurricane KennethWed, 23 Aug 2017 22:12:00 +0200.

Hurricane Kenneth was quickly weakening early on Aug. 22 as a result of vertical wind shear. Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed that the strongest storms associated with the hurricane were pushed away from the center. Hurric
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Former tropical storm could re-emerge, threaten Texas coastWed, 23 Aug 2017 21:08:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (AP) " Forecasters say resurgent remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey could threaten Texas late this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is expected to pass from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula into the sout
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), INFORM (1), (1),